LAMBERT, William. The Cricketers' Guide: or, A Concise Treatise on the Noble Game of Cricket. Lewes: Sussex Press, printed and sold by J. Baxter, London: Baldwin & Co [and others], Derby: Mozley, [1819?]. 12° (156 x 93mm), 62p., folding engraved frontispiece, woodcut title vignette. (Light browning to title and preliminaries.) Blue half morocco by Root, top edge gilt, preserving original grey wrappers with pink title label on cover (front wrapper repaired at inner margin). Provenance: J.W. Goldman (pasted-over bookplate); E.D.R. Eagar (bookplate).

LAMBERT, William. The Cricketers' Guide: or, A Concise Treatise on the Noble Game of Cricket. Lewes: Sussex Press, printed and sold by J. Baxter, London: Baldwin & Co [and others], Derby: Mozley, [1819?]. 12° (156 x 93mm), 62p., folding engraved frontispiece, woodcut title vignette. (Light browning to title and preliminaries.) Blue half morocco by Root, top edge gilt, preserving original grey wrappers with pink title label on cover (front wrapper repaired at inner margin). Provenance: J.W. Goldman (pasted-over bookplate); E.D.R. Eagar (bookplate).

Fifth edition of Lambert's celebrated guide with original wrappers and notable provenance. Issue points: without the inserted slip noting 'alterations since printing page 55', and with no edition statement on the pink title label. Previously sold in these room as lot 81 in the Eagar sale, 21 April 2005. Padwick 383.